Psalms 103:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children: euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym.

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  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Upon this complaynt I thought thus by my selfe: Is not Ephraim my deare sonne? Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all my mirth and pastime? For since the tyme that I first comuned with hym, I haue hym euer in remembraunce: therfore my heart driueth me vnto hym, gladly and louyngly wyll I haue mercie vpon him, saith the Lorde.
  • Luke 11:11-12 : 11 If the sonne shall aske breade, of any of you that is a father, wyll he geue him a stone? Or yf he aske fisshe, wyll he for fisshe geue hym a serpent? 12 Or yf he aske an egge, wyll he offer hym a scorpion?
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And ye haue forgotten the exhortatio, which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: My sonne despise not thou the chastenyng of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art rebuked of hym: 6 For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth. 7 If ye endure chastenyng, God offereth him selfe as vnto sonnes: For what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But yf ye be without chastisment, wherof all are partakers, then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes. 9 Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue? 10 For they veryly, for a fewe dayes, chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse. 11 No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby.
  • Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer, vpon them that feare hym: and his righteousnesse vpon childers children.
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him: and in them that put their trust in his mercie.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 For whom the Lorde loueth, him he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his owne sonne.
  • Isa 63:15-16 : 15 Loke downe then from heauen, and beholde from the dwelling place of thy sanctuarie and thy glorie: Howe is it that thy gelousie, thy strength, the multitude of thy mercies, and thy louing kindnesse wyll not be intreated of vs? 16 Yet art thou our father: for Abraham knoweth vs not, neither is Israel acquainted with vs: but thou Lorde art our father and redeemer, and thy name is euerlasting.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come weepyng, and with mercifull pitie will I bring them hither agayne: I will leade them to the riuers of water in a strayght way where they shall not stumble: For I am Israels father, and Ephraim is my first borne.
  • Matt 6:32 : 32 (For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you that feare my name shall that sunne of righteousnesse aryse, and health shalbe vnder his winges: and ye shall go foorth and skippe lyke fatte calues.
  • Luke 15:21-22 : 21 And the sonne sayde vnto him: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and in thy syght, and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne. 22 But the father saide to his seruauntes: bryng foorth the best garment, and put it on hym, and put a ryng on his hande, and shoes on his feete:
  • John 20:17 : 17 Iesus saith vnto her: Touche me not, for I am not yet ascended to my father: But go to my brethren, and saye vnto them, I ascende vnto my father and your father, and to my God & your God.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Ye men and brethren, chyldren of the generation of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is the worde of this saluation sent.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After this maner therfore pray ye. O our father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • Mal 3:16-17 : 16 Then they that feared God, saide euery one to his neighbour: and the Lorde considered and hearde, and there was written a booke of remebraunce before him for them that feared the Lorde, and for them that thinke vpon his name. 17 And they shalbe to me, saith the Lorde of hoastes, in that day wherein I shall do iudgement, a stocke: and I wyl spare them as a man spareth his owne sonne which serueth him.
  • Num 11:12 : 12 Haue I conceaued all this people? Or haue I begotten them, that thou shouldest say vnto me, Cary them in thy bosome as a nurse beareth the suckyng chylde, vnto the lande which thou swarest vnto their fathers?
  • Deut 3:5 : 5 All these cities also were made strong with hye walles, gates, & barres, beside vnwalled townes a great meany,
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth: his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym.

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  • Ps 103:8-12
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    8 God is full of compassion and pitie: loth to be angry, and exceedyng great in mercie.

    9 He vseth not to continue in chydyng: neither reserueth he his anger for euer.

    10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes: nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse.

    11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth: his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym.

    12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west: so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs.

  • 14 For he knoweth wherof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.

  • Ps 103:17-18
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    17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer, vpon them that feare hym: and his righteousnesse vpon childers children.

    18 Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt: and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them.

  • 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him: and in them that put their trust in his mercie.

  • 50 And his mercy is on them that feare him, from generation to generation.

  • 26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength: and his children are vnder a sure defence.

  • Mic 7:18-19
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    18 Who is such a God as thou, that pardonest wickednesse, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne heritage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer: for his delite is to haue compassion.

    19 He shall turne againe, and be merciful to vs, he shall put downe our wickednesses, and cast all our sinnes into the bottome of the sea?

  • 5 This also shalt thou consider in thine heart: that as a man chastiseth his sonne, euen so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

  • 18 Beholde, the eye of God is vpon them that feare hym: and vpon them that wayteth after his mercy.

  • Lam 3:32-33
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    32 But though he punishe, yet according to the multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne.

    33 For he doth not plague willingly, and afflict the chyldren of men,

  • 13 He wyll blesse those that feare God: the small with the great.

  • 12 For whom the Lorde loueth, him he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his owne sonne.

  • 11 Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God.

  • 13 For lyke as a chylde is comforted of his mother: so shall I comfort you, and ye shalbe comforted in Hierusalem.

  • 4 Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God.

  • 8 God is gratious and mercifull: loth to be angry, and great in louing kindnesse.

  • Ps 111:4-5
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    4 The merciful and gratious God: hath so left a remembraunce of his meruaylous workes.

    5 He hath geuen meate vnto them that feare him: he wyll euer be myndfull of his couenaunt.

  • Ps 103:3-4
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    3 Who forgeueth all thy wickednesse: and healeth all thine infirmities.

    4 Who redeemeth thy lyfe from destruction: and crowneth thee with mercie and louyng kyndnesse.

  • 31 (For the Lorde thy God is a mercifull God) he wyll not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the appoyntment of thy fathers, which he sware vnto them.

  • 3 Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde.

  • 13 I wilbe his father, and he shalbe my sonne, and I will not take my mercie away from him, as I toke it from hym that was before thee.

  • 3 Haue mercy vpon vs O God, haue mercy vpon vs: for we haue suffered enough of dispite.

  • 4 For there is pardon of sinne with thee: that thou mayest be feared.

  • Ps 106:45-46
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    45 And he remembred his couenaunt: and repented, according to the multitude of his mercies.

    46 Yea he made all those that led them away captiue: to pitie them.

  • 7 How excellent is thy mercy O Lord: therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges.

  • 11 Ye that feare God, trust ye in God: he is their ayde and their shielde.

  • 19 He wyll fulfyll the desire of them that feare hym: he will also heare their crye, and he wyll saue them.

  • 15 Loke downe then from heauen, and beholde from the dwelling place of thy sanctuarie and thy glorie: Howe is it that thy gelousie, thy strength, the multitude of thy mercies, and thy louing kindnesse wyll not be intreated of vs?

  • 11 If ye then, beyng euyll, knowe to geue your chyldren good gyftes: howe much more shall your father, which is in heauen, geue good thynges, to them that aske hym?

  • 14 I will be his father, and he shalbe my sonne: If he sinne, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.

  • 18 Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes, thou recompensest the wickednesse of the fathers into the bosome of the chyldren that come after them.

  • 19 I haue thought thus: howe shall I take thee to be my children, and geue a pleasaunt lande for thine heritage, yea and a goodly hoast of the heathen? And I sayd, Call me father, and shrincke not from me.

  • 18 The Lorde is long yer he be angrie, and of great mercy, and suffreth iniquitie and sinne, and leaueth no man innocent, and visiteth the vnrighteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren, in the thirde and fourth generations.

  • 13 Turne agayne O God (what, for euer wylt thou be angry?) and be gratious vnto thy seruauntes.

  • 5 Gratious is God and ryghteous: our Lorde is mercifull.

  • 10 For my father and mother forsoke me: and God did take me vp.

  • 23 The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe: and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague.

  • 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart: he wrappeth vp their sorowes.

  • 1 Prayse ye the Lorde. Blessed is the man that feareth God: he hath great delight in his commaundementes.

  • 36 Be ye therfore mercifull, as your father also is mercifull.